Chapter 1278: Awakening

Now, Ning Chen and the others were essentially sealed here, daring not to move a single inch.

The only ones who could save them now were Little Qiongqi and Xu Ri.

As one of the Four Fiendish Beasts, Little Qiongqi would naturally not be defeated by pressure of this degree, and Xu Ri, as the protagonist of this world, was immune to it as well.

Lin Xiaoling looked at the one man and one beast standing before her without falling, frowned, and wondered how these two could be unaffected by her; how was this even possible?

However, with only these two, it didn't matter.

Thinking this, Lin Xiaoling's gaze turned sharp as she looked at the one man and one beast.

Numerous gray mists surrounded the two; Little Qiongqi looked at the various mists around him and directly... opened his huge mouth?

Xu Ri watched in surprise as Little Qiongqi opened his mouth, then took a deep breath; all the surrounding mists entered his very depths, and after he closed his mouth, there was nothing left around them.

He even smacked his lips twice, let out a burp, and wore a look of complete satisfaction.

Xu Ri found this somewhat incredible; this thing could actually be eaten.

Lin Xiaoling was equally shocked, staring at Little Qiongqi as if he were a monster.

"This is... what thing?" Noah twitched the corner of his mouth; he had never seen such an outrageous thing.

Lin Xiaoling activated her ability again, and the mists immediately surrounded the two once more; Little Qiongqi ate them again, and after this back-and-forth two or three times, Xu Ri, seeing them surrounded by the mists, poked Little Qiongqi.

"You, why aren't you eating anymore?"

"Don't I need time to digest?! Do you know how full I am right now?"

Little Qiongqi widened his eyes and looked at Xu Ri; his massive size was still quite intimidating.

Even if he could eat more, he couldn't keep eating forever; didn't he need his stomach? Eating continuously like this had made him stuffed.

Xu Ri also thought of this problem; his face was a bit embarrassed, but the issue was, if Little Qiongqi stopped eating, what would they do?

Suddenly, quite a few mists approached Ning Chen and the others; Ning Chen's ability was still active, but those mists approached them and clung to them.

For them, because of Ning Chen's issue, these mists could not harm them, but in Xu Ri and Little Qiongqi's eyes, these mists surrounded everyone completely, and most could only see a blur, unable to see who was inside the mists.

Just looking at this was extremely dangerous.

"Lin Xiaoling! If you have something to do, come at me! Let them go!" Xu Ri shouted urgently.

Hearing Xu Ri's words, Xu Yue particularly wanted to speak up and tell Xu Ri they were fine, but when he opened his mouth, Xu Yue found he could not make a sound at all; his body remained extremely stiff, and he could not use any ability.

Lin Xiaoling clearly had no intention of yielding; moreover, she was the one in control now.

"I can let them go, but you two step aside!"

Upon hearing these words, Xu Ri immediately fell into conflict, because this was a choice of death.

If he chose everyone, then people from other worlds would suffer a catastrophic disaster, and if he chose to protect, then the others, Kongpajiu Society would die.

This was not easy to choose at all; Xu Ri didn't know what to do.

Seeing Xu Ri's expression, Lin Xiaoling understood he was wavering, so she further tried to dissuade him.

"I think the lives of these few people are better; after all, they are your family and friends; I think it is more worth it for them to survive than for some strangers to survive or not."

Xu Ri was moved by Lin Xiaoling; he shifted his feet slightly: "Are you telling the truth?"

"Of course; I would never lie to you."

Hearing these words, Xu Ri was about to give up protecting the passage behind him, but he was grabbed back by Little Qiongqi's claw.

"What are you thinking, kid? This is a huge matter! Do you really think she will let them go? Since you have already made your choice, then do your best properly; don't let them down!"

Little Qiongqi's words directly woke Xu Ri up; yes, since he had already chosen, he should charge forward without hesitation; regardless of right or wrong, at least he had truly tried.

Thinking this, Xu Ri looked at Lin Xiaoling and said firmly: "I will not be bewitched by you! If you want to pass, you must first get past us!"

Lin Xiaoling was furious; she had almost succeeded, but then Cheng Yaojin appeared out of nowhere halfway through.

Just as Little Qiongqi said, he never intended to let them go; after all, they had caused her to lose so many subordinates, so she had to punish them somehow.

Seeing this path was impassable, Lin Xiaoling immediately extended her hand, clenched her fist forcefully toward Ning Chen and the others, and the mists gradually began to shrink inward; this was clearly an attempt to kill them.

"Lin Xiaoling!" Xu Ri looked at the woman before him with red eyes.

But Lin Xiaoling sent a coquettish glance at Xu Ri, then waved her hand, and all the surrounding infected lunged forward.

Xu Ri felt his body was now full of fire, burning terribly.

"Um, Little Qiongqi, I cannot sit idly by; you guard here; I want to charge up."

Saying this, Xu Ri was not negotiating at all; he turned and charged toward Lin Xiaoling, and Little Qiongqi had no time to stop him.

Just as Xu Ri was about to touch Lin Xiaoling, his whole body was suddenly thrown onto the ground; Lin Xiaoling directly pinned Xu Ri's back, preventing him from getting up.

"Heh, with this kind of ability, you dare to charge up? Don't you know your own weight? Since you came up to die, I naturally have no problem."

A sense of suffocation suddenly rushed at him; Xu Ri struggled to open his eyes and vaguely looked toward the side where everyone was.

He saw many infected surrounding each person; under normal circumstances, everyone would probably have no good flesh left on their bodies by now.

Was it going to be... failure like this?

Xu Ri thought this in his mind.

Suddenly, a cool sensation rushed at him; Xu Ri felt full comfort, and along with it came a sentence.

"Do not give up; you can do it."